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Hi pens!

Ugh crazy night/morning.. My sisters visited a couple weeks ago and I guess my middle sister dropped an Adderall capsule and didn't notice because my little gray cat found one and popped it open with her teeth. I am incredibly, ridiculously, unbelievably lucky that she did this behind me at 9:30 last night, I got it away from her immediately so she didn't ingest more than a tiny bit of it - if she'd done it while I wasn't home or while I was asleep I'd have a dead cat and probably no clue why she died, the pill was 30mg and according to the internet 25mg is a fatal dose for most cats. She slept next to me all night so that was comforting - I was so worried that even a little bit would make her sick so I woke up to check on her every few hours but all was fine. Vacuumed under all the furniture this morning just to make sure there were no other pills lurking about.

DH sent me a picture of the sunny beach he's sitting on in the Cayman Islands as I was thinking about how much I hate winter and how I have a good 4-5 months before the weather warms up enough not to be miserable. Jerk.

Went to the gym, did a mile on the treadmill and some lifting but wasn't really feeling great so I cut it short. Being a single parent is exhausting, I'd hate to have to do this full-time! I believe sushi for dinner and some kind of good beer will pull me through the next day and a half.

Traci - Shin splints are the god-damned worst. I will confess that my shins are still not 100% most of the time, but they don't hurt when I run so I'm just going with it for now. I actually think that I'm overly sensitive to any kind of discomfort in my lower legs because of how long it took to get rid of the shin splints the first time, I kinda just started dismissing any minor aches/pains as my imagination and things seem to be getting better, oddly enough. I still do lots of stretching and foam rolling of calves/shins, heel walks before every run, I think strength training has helped too - my whole hip/leg is stronger so that has to help take some of the load off the shin. I don't really ice anymore and rarely wear calf sleeves. My 6-miler this weekend made me break the sleeves out again, so I think I'm going to cap my long run around 5-5.25 for now and work on building up the other runs slowly. Shin splints seem to be the most trial-and-error injury in the entire world - I'm not even sure how much of what I do to manage my shins is actually helpful and how much is just superstition.

cherie, offensive???? you're like the nicest person in the whole wide world.

 

jack, I almost never run hills.  Should I run more hills? There may be one small hill on each of my runs.

 

I ran 4.5m with a mile of that on trails. I wore my Berry Super feet orthotics in the Hokas.  I guess Im gonna try these awhile then maybe move back up to my prescription orthotics.

 

The hokas aren't really helping but I do love them.  They are my favoritist shoes 

Awesome!

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BUT CHUCK NORRIS HAS NEVER DONE A MARATHON!!!!

Good luck getting used to the cold weather, Philly!  At least where you are the cold stays for a while.  Here in South Texas, we get a short series of cold days, then it warm backs up, and then the cycle continues.  It's crazy and often leaves a lot of folks with sniffles and coughs cuz the stupid weather changes around so much for us over the 'winter' days.  Gotta love winter in South Texas! 

Congrats to your DD, Zelanie!

Hope you can make it to your quartet practice, but if you're not feeling good, just go home, HsM.  You don't want to pass on what you have to the whole choir 'Typhoid HsM"      Hope you feel better.

Hope the shoes work for you, Bin!

Wow, that PT cost is crazy for you, Traci.  I see what my co-workers pay for health insurance each month and it makes me SO glad I served 24 in the military and have some very good health coverage now at very reasonable rates when referred outside of the military system.   $172 for 10 minutes on a stationary bike!  You might as well just go buy your own!

Happy post-work running, Dave!  At least it will be warmer than usual for you vs a morning run...hopefully, anyway.

The only thing that offends me, Cherie, is you don't post more Great Legs photos of yourself.     Hey, it's all good, and you're pretty 'super nice" yourself!   We need to FE, I can show you how to do 'slow and easy" runs, I'm an expert at that, lol.

Jimmy, I think you and Traci need to come to Texas.  We'll take a trip to Houston....stop by NASA...."they can rebuild you....they have the technology....  you will be better than before. Better, stronger, faster."    And if you know what that paraphrasing is from, you're aging yourselves!    I really hope you two do figure it all out and then get back to 100%!

Wow, the flippin' teens!  I am SO glad, Stone Fence, I don't have to deal with THAT anymore!   Happy x-training!

Sorry you have to come back to reality tomorrow, Baconista!  Reality is no fun.   So I tend to live in my own world.  But it's okay...they know me in here.

DH sent me a picture of the sunny beach he's sitting on in the Cayman Islands as I was thinking about how much I hate winter and how I have a good 4-5 months before the weather warms up enough not to be miserable. Jerk .  Uh oh...he's been married long enough now, probably, that he should know better!  You don't push 'mama's' buttons!  Bad karma will get you if you do...superglue mysteriously shows up on your shirt buttons and you're walking around for a while looking like an idiot with your fingers stuck on the button....the toilet seat falls off when you sit on it...just one of your eyebrows disappears overnight....don't mess with 'karma"!    Glad your cat is okay!

Good evening everyone.

I got in a cold, windy, slow 2.5 miles this morning.  My right ankle is still a little sore for some reason.  Not unbearable so I will continue to move forward.

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LMAO.... nooooo, no need for whoopass!  I was just reading that 666 bib thread some more, and seen how hurt some people were, and I thought, OmGosh, I hope you all know that regardless of differences of opinions, even when I voice my personal opinions that they're not meant as personal slights to anyone.  I didn't mean to be so melodramatic!  LOL, and yes, stonefence, they are the best.  LOL Baconista, did you get one of those drinks yet?  Personally I prefer a Pina Colada or just a cold beer .

Lauren-- wow, you are lucky you seen what happened and was able to get the pill away from your cat.  How scary!  Oh, your husband is mean.  Make sure he knows he now owes you for that-- a warm get-away for a weekend would be nice!

kristin--   man, you're busy.  I hope you find some run time at least so you feel better.  Getting a decent amount of sleep would be even better.